Singapore Permanent Residents Must Fulfil NS Duty

September 20, 2012

In this video, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen stresses that national service (NS) is key to Singapore’s security, and as residents of Singapore, second generation permanent residents must fulfill their national duty.

He expressed the nation’s challenges on the back on a downtrend which shows that almost a third of male foreigners who became PRs under the sponsorship of their parents have renounced their PR status prior to serving NS.